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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 07:29 AM
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Have fun. I'll be at Chuck E Cheese for great grandson's b-day...
Have fun with the grandchild!
 
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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 08:05 AM
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Sorry, change of plans on my end. Taking the wife out this morning and doing some errands. May just get some Ka'Bluey time in later today, in the driveway.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 11:26 AM
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Looks like I'm going to have to get creative with the jeeps upper control arm mount. I'll weld it and it'll rip again right above the weld.

These pics were stolen off the internet but it'll paint a better picture than I can describe.

This is essentially what it should look like.



This is pretty close to what it looks like now, but not quite this bad. It's still somewhat attached.



This is pretty close to what I intend to do to it, but I'm gonna add a little more support to it.



First is the little brother has got to wash it really well and pull the track bar and all the steering. Then I got to grind down all the welds that are caked on it from not taking the time to do it right and pulling stuff so I could weld instead I bubble gummed it on there hoping it would hold.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 05:18 PM
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Tanny Pulling!

We had a Transmission pulling get together today. Josh and I gave Kurt a hand out in the middle of no place. But we had a really, nice time, and brought home a nice 4 speed automatic transmission, drank a few of Kurt, and his wife Susan's beer
I even brought home a really SWEET tool box to go in the back of Ka'Bluey, thanks Kurt, n Susan
 
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 05:22 PM
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 05:28 PM
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That pretty little girl is Kurt, and Susan"s girl, Gracie, and what a sweetheart she is. She even hopped in my truck with me to ride back to the house to load up a truck tool box that Kurt gave to me to put in the back of Ka'Bluey.
As you can see, Gracie, passed out on Dad's lap, I couldn't resist taking a picture.
THen we seen how many beer's Kurt n Susan had in the Fridge. Then we lined up the empty ones on the table...
 
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:07 PM
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Good job on that tranny. Good job on that beer, too.....
 
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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ubereal2
That pretty little girl is Kurt, and Susan"s girl, Gracie, and what a sweetheart she is. She even hopped in my truck with me to ride back to the house to load up a truck tool box that Kurt gave to me to put in the back of Ka'Bluey.
As you can see, Gracie, passed out on Dad's lap, I couldn't resist taking a picture.
THen we seen how many beer's Kurt n Susan had in the Fridge. Then we lined up the empty ones on the table...
Here are some more shots from Sunday's transmission pull:





Ford Trans pull.





F150's sitting





Kurt moving his Kubota out of the way so we could access the tool box Bob was picking up
 
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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 02:34 PM
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Hey,
Can't say enough about how great it was to have Bob and Josh with me yesterday. There is, without a doubt, that it wouldn't have gotten done without them!!!!
Thanks for all of the hard work and taking the load off of the shelves in my fridge.
I owe you both, big time!
 
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 11:52 AM
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Nice work fellas. Sorry I missed the fun.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 02:38 PM
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I have that leaking left rear axle out of Ka'Bluey. Now I'm looking for a shop that will remove the bearing, replace the seal, then press the bearing back on the axle.
So far I've found one place in Raleigh that wants $42 for a 20 minute job
 
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 03:31 PM
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Hey Bob. Did you rest the hitch on Tim's Car behind Ka'Bluey?
 
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 03:34 PM
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Hey Bob. Did you rest the hitch on Tim's Car behind Ka'Bluey?
Nope, that car of his sits low enough.
Beer frame
 
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 01:37 PM
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Axle seal is finished. Smoker has a couple slabs of Baby Back Ribs, and a pack of Brats in there for dinner.
Next, is the leaking Pinion Seal.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 01:48 PM
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Saturday morning bright and early we will be doing a gear swap on my buddies 78 F250 rear axle to 4.56s.really hoping it goes smooth and doesn't fight me the whole way.
 
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